ABOUT CHAP PROJECT
Historically, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been delivered face-to-face to groups in acute hospitals or community centres. The content and length of CR programs varies considerably in Australia and national quality indicators are yet to be implemented. Alternative methods for provision of CR have been shown to be effective, but few have been implemented into practice.
Therefore, we would argue that the evidence for strategies to modify risk factors is strong but the evidence for the mode of delivery has become outdated.
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The Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) project will use a translation methodology
combining a prospective case control design with a Model for Large Scale Knowledge Translation
and comprehensive economic evaluation to implement evidence-based CR into
rural and remote practice.
THE CHAP MODEL INCLUDES
endorsement of CR by clinicians
an auto-referral system
a choice of mode of delivery and
long term support for heart health from primary carers